All she could recall was that she spent her childhood in a rural orphanage before the Torres family reclaimed her.
How she ended up in the orphanage, out in the country, remained a mystery, with the Torres family providing no
clarity.
What had transpired on that desolate, uninhabited road years ago?
Then, there was an unexpected candid conversation today. Rowan seemed no longer interested in keeping
secrets. He laid bare the findings of his investigation.
“In an attempt to climb the military ranks and unearth more information, I've performed numerous deeds of
valor. Years ago, | hired a criminal investigator to dig into the car crash. She discovered a piece of overlooked
information.”
Listening, Wesley was taken aback and questioned with apprehension,
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“What information?”
“The traffic data from the car showed it made a stop on that lonesroad, and our brother and sister-in-law
disembarked. | searched for other CCTV footage from the area and found a couple who may have interacted with
them.”
“So who is this couple? Have you located them?”
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Rowan shook his head, sighed, and replied, “The trail has gone cold.
This couple was elusive, seldom seen on CCTV. It was a long process to locate them in the footage. My suspicion
is that they are part of a habitual human trafficking ring. They tricked our brother and sister-in-law, snatched
Lorrie, and instigated the car crash.
Unfortunately, due to underdeveloped technology back then, many leads went cold, and the criminals who fled
left no traces.”
He even wondered if Farley had been impaired at the tof the accident...
Farley was a mechanical expert, particularly skilled with car engines.
He would have certainly noticed if something was off with the vehicle.
Unless, of course, he was in no condition to identify or fix it at the time.
This supposition was too heart-wrenching for Rowan to share with his family.
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Upon hearing this, Loraine was taken aback. So this was the hidden story?
She was abducted by traffickers, ended up in the countryside, and then in an orphanage. It all seemed to make
sense.
Regrettably, she was too young to remember anything from that period.
Otherwise, she might have unearthed sLeads.
A heavy silence enveloped them all, the pain of old wounds reopening.
Finally, Wesley broke the silence, “I remember when we discovered my elder brother and sister-in-law’s bodies,
Lorrie was nowhere to be found. Rowan was frantic, searching every nook and cranny. Back then, | never
imagined that Lorrie might have been kidnapped by human traffickers.”
The Torres brothers had maintained a strong bond since their youth.